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timothya | 9 years ago

The Google Home definitely supports Chromecast now [0].

My favorite related thing to say is "Hey Google, play House of Cards on my TV", and it will turn on my TV and then start playing the next episode from Netflix. Perfect for when I'm walking over to the TV with my dinner.

[0]: https://blog.google/products/home/google-home-holidays/

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jc4p|9 years ago

Thanks for the info! Perhaps in the new year I should consider taking my Google Home back out of its box and giving it another shot. I really wanted to like it, I am an Android dev and feel comfortable in the Google ecosystem.

Out of curiosity, do you know if the the flow I describe works now? The link (and your comment) discuss putting content on the TV. The link says you can do:

> even control your media with commands like “Pause this episode”, without lifting a finger.

but that didn't work for me 3 weeks ago, does it work now?

antoniomika|9 years ago

It definitely works! I haven't tried muting explicitly, but I've been able to control play/pause and volume well. This past weekend I tested out the development of actions on Google and the development of skills is more or less similar. The documentation still needs some work but overall the experience was fairly straightforward.